The few residents living along rural Lingle Road north of Gosport are one step closer to having a new county bridge #174 following the acceptance of a bid proposal Monday morning by the Owen County Board of Commissioners. More...

The declaration of candidacy period closed at 12:00 noon on Monday in the Owen County Clerk’s office where 16 residents have filed appropriate paperwork to represent either the democratic or republican party in the November 2011 Municipal Gener More...

Our Community Bank invites the community to help in celebrating its 100 years of serving the area’s financial needs with a large public event this coming Friday, August 5, at the Owen County Fairgrounds in Spencer. More...

Special Sections

The Owen County Health Department will be holding a ‘Back-To-School Shots Only’ clinic on Saturday, August 6. The clinic will be held from 10:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. on the first floor of the Owen County Courthouse in Spencer. More...

Owen Valley Middle School will offer seventh and eighth grade registration for the 2011-2012 school year on the following dates: •Tuesday, August 2 – 7th grade only, 9:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. •Wednesday, August 3 – 7th gra More...

Attention parents of incoming Kindergarten students... Spencer-Owen Community Schools’ Full-Day Kindergarten program is now an option for all students through a combination of grant funding and voluntary parent fees! More...

Cloverdale School Board The Cloverdale School Board will meet Monday, August 8, beginning at 7:00 p.m. in the Arthur L. Johnson Administration Center, located on East Logan Street in Cloverdale. More...

(Note: Items selected are from the daily police logs provided by Owen County Security Center Dispatch. Times shown are when the incidents were reported to the police. The list below is up-to-date as of 6:00 a.m. the day prior to publication.) More...

Call him Eumeces fasciatus or Plestiodon fasciatus, by any name a blue tailed skink is really a five-lined skink. Just what is a skink? I have been pondering the difference between salamanders and skinks this week. More...

Ann Redd of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has mixed emotions about the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). While having advocated for its 1990 passage and currently recognizing the need, she now questions aspects of its implementation. More...

Owen Valley Middle School seventh and eighth grade volleyball try-outs will be held on Thursday, August 4, and on Friday, August 5 at OVMS. The mandatory try-outs will begin at 3:30 p.m. and conclude at 5:30 p.m. More...

Ivy Kyo Provines, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. AOC(AW) Robert Provines USN Ret. and an incoming freshman at Owen Valley High School, competed in the age group state championship meet held July 29-31 in the IUPUI natatorium. More...

Adult co-ed church league softball is now accepting team sign-ups for Fall League. Games will begin in August. Cost for a team is $150. All teams must be registered by August 2. A coaches meeting will be held at 7:00 p.m. More...

The family of Mary Lou Hamm mourns her passing. Born October 6, 1950 at Greencastle, Indiana to Howard Young and Irene White Young. Entered into rest July 31, 2011 at IU Health-Bloomington Hospital. More...